Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 43:18 (New Living Translation) The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph’s house. ‘It’s because of the money we found in our sacks last time,’ they said. ‘He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.’ This […]

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Numbers 11:34 (New Living Translation) So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means ‘graves of gluttony’) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt. This (hi)story comes from the people wandering in the wilderness for 40 years before entering the land God promised them. Each morning, God put life-sustaining food on […]

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Titus 1:16 (New Living Translation) 16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. Can you believe such people? I mean can you believe the things such people do? They deny God. And not with their words, but […]

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2 Timothy 4:11 (New Living Translation) 11 Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry. This is at the end of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. This is the usual, “I’m done writing the meaningful stuff and here are a few […]

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Exodus 32:35 (New Living Translation) 35 Then the Lord sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made. This is part of the (hi)story of the people’s journey from Egypt to the land promised them by God. Moses had gone up the mountain to receive the agreement and […]

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Exodus 34:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 “You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them. 16 Then you will accept their daughters, […]

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Genesis 5:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 Then Moses went back to the Lord and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me? 23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done […]

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Genesis 35:5-6 (New Living Translation) 4 So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem. 5 As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family. This is part […]

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